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“When did you first become aware of this imagined \u2018plot to get you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Or, as they said after Ruby Ridge, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you.”<\/p>\n

Gahan Wilson (no relation to Ruby Ridge) has a new 3 volume collection of his Playboy cartoons <\/a> hot off the presses.<\/p>\n

Wilson will be the guest star for the Small Press Expo<\/strong><\/a> – the leading gathering of independent cartoonists in the nation – this weekend in Bethesda, MD. This shindig is full of subversive vitality and political creativity and well worth the admission price of $10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  “When did you first become aware of this imagined \u2018plot to get you?\u2019\u201d Or, as they said after Ruby Ridge, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you.” Gahan Wilson (no relation to Ruby Ridge) has a new 3 volume collection of his Playboy cartoons hot off the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,31],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bovard","tag-wool"],"yoast_head":"\nMy Paranoia Vindicated - Gahan Wilson - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/21\/my-paranoia-vindicated-gahan-wilson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Paranoia Vindicated - 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